Cine Overview
Introduction
Cine is a Synapse tool that plays selected images or series like a video according to the playback rate specified in the DICOM header. When the DICOM header for an image file specifies frames per second (fps), cine mode defaults to the fps rate coming from the image acquisition device. You can also adjust the image playback rate while using cine within the range of 0.5 fps to 120 fps using the slider.
If the DICOM header information is not defined, you can configure the default cine playback rate using the Cine settings. Additionally, for multiframe series, you can customize cine to include the Auto-play and Loop during scroll Cine settings options. See Configuring Cine Settings.
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Multiframe Images
A multiframe image is an image that was acquired at a specific frame rate and includes multiple frames. Within Synapse, you can easily identify multiframe images by the cine Play 
icon that displays in the bottom center section of an image. This feature applies to following SOP classes: X-Ray Angiographic, US, Multiframe Grayscale Byte Secondary Capture, and Multiframe True Color Secondary Capture.
Clicking the multiframe indicator starts cine. Hover over the indicator to display the cine toolbar.
Cine can be used with both multiframe and non multiframe series. For specific context menu options, see Viewer Context and Icon Menu Options.
Within a multiframe viewport, you can play cine series independently of each other in more than one viewport. For example, you can scroll in one viewport and stop (or pause) the cine in one viewport without stopping cine display in the other viewports.
While a cine is playing or paused, you can initiate and apply image actions independent of the cine state of all other viewports.
The cine you are active in will continue to play if you initiate either of these actions:
- Zoom and pan
- Apply presets
X-Ray Angiography (XA) Modalities
Configuration for XA modalities is site specific. When configured, the following DICOM header camera angle information displays as an XA overlay on the image in the Viewer:
- Primary Angles:
- LAO (Left Anterior Oblique)
- RAO (Right Anterior Oblique)
- Secondary Angles:
- CRA (Cranial)
- CAU (Caudal)
The XA modality displays and provides:
- An ECG trace on images that contain ECG waveform data.
- An ECG trace indicator to denote where on the current frame, the ECG trace is located.